Last Updated on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 02:31 AM EST

Welcome to my website... My name is Alera Mae Castro Rowley!

I was born and raised in Cebu City, Philippines. I am 27 years old and have lived in Cebu all my life. My alma mater is the University of San Carlos where I obtained a degree in Business Administration. I love to sing and dance. I also love to meet different people over the Internet, which is where I met my husband!!

I have finally found the love of a lifetime! His name is Thomas Rowley. He is 34 years old and he lives in St. Petersburg, FL USA. He proposed to me on September 20th, 2003! I happily accepted! He filed a petition for a K-1 fiancée visa on October 27th, 2003 and, after a pretty long waiting process, I finally had my interview with the US Embassy on August 13th, 2004! Thomas flew back to the Philippines on August 22nd to accompany me to the USA. We arrived in the USA on September 23rd.

We got married on October 8th, 2004!!

We have created a TIMELINE for others to see how the K-1 visa process went. If you are interested in seeing how the process goes, we encourage you to check it out!

This website was originally created by Thomas so that we could both share our love story with our family and friends!  We decided to take it a step further and produce a website where ANYONE  involved in similar Fil-West relationships could share their stories, ideas and experiences, too. The website is called FilipinaPlanet.info. (You may have found THIS site from there!)

Please feel free to take a look around. Below are some links to other parts of my website you may find interesting or otherwise appealing. :-)  Thank you for stopping by!!

God Bless!
Alera Mae Castro Rowley
 

Go to my Honey's Page   •   Go to FilipinaPlanet.info